Product Manager, VGo Network
Vinted
Brief info about Vinted
Vinted Marketplace is the largest online international C2C marketplace in Europe dedicated to second-hand fashion, with millions of registered members spanning 20+ markets in Europe and North America. With a mission to make second-hand the first choice worldwide, Vinted enables people to sell and buy second-hand clothes and lifestyle items from each other, helping give those items a second or even third life.
Vinted Go launched in 2022, with a focus on developing products and solutions for more seamless shipping and delivery across Europe. Vinted Go has connected more than 40 carriers and more than 200,000 PUDO points across Europe to support the delivery of millions of parcels per year.
The Vinted Group, composed of Vinted Marketplace and Vinted Go, is headquartered in Vilnius, with workplaces in Germany, Lithuania, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and over 2,000 employees. It is backed by six leading venture capital firms: Accel, Burda Principal Investments, EQT Growth, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Sprints Capital.
Information about the position
As our new Product Manager, you will join the team that is responsible for 2 main products:
- A complex, mature and data-calculations-heavy shipping recommender product. This is a critical backend product that allows us to balance our member needs with the operational and commercial agreements with our carriers across hundreds of different routes and services.
- A novel and rapidly growing shipping fraud prevention product, which helps us to prevent bad actors from benefiting from shipping fraud. Never heard about shipping fraud? Check for more information online - it's a rapidly growing "industry", the size of which in 2024 is estimated to be more than 100B dollars already. At our scale, we also attract some bad actors, and we want to make sure we prevent them from harming the 50M+ decent members of Vinted community and the platform itself.
You will own these two (and some more smaller scale) products and:
In this position, you’ll
- Identify new opportunities for growth and/or optimisation, and create a product roadmap and backlog
- Work extremely closely not just with Engineering, Data and Design teams, but also with our commercial team and the shipping carriers themselves
- Go on business trips to meet Europe's biggest shipping carriers, san see their operations in action
- Together with your team, discover opportunities for innovation
- Together with engineering, make sure not only that 'new things are coming', but that the existing massive machine is working smoothly
About you
- Strong technical understanding and experience working directly with engineers in product teams;
- Have a proven ability to systematically prioritise and continuously build solutions whose impact can be easily measured;
- Extreme ownership and accountability;
- Able to understand abstract concepts and translate them into clear tasks and objectives;
- Proficient in written communication, which conveys the message to people with different backgrounds;
- Solid business acumen;
- Curious and constantly learning
Work perks
- The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme
- 25 working days of holiday
- Newest MacBook models
- Free access to an office gym
- Mental and emotional health support through the Mindletic app
- Home office support: we provide IT workstation equipment and a personal budget of up to €540 for home workplace furniture
- Private health insurance
- On-site canteen serving delicious homemade food at friendly prices
- Frequent team-building events
- A personal monthly budget for shopping on Vinted
- The opportunity to spend up to 90 days per year - 21 of which can be spent working outside of the EU - on workation
- A dog-friendly office
Working at Vinted
Individual Learning Budget
We invest in your professional growth! As part of our commitment to continuous learning, we offer an annual learning budget to support your personal and career development through courses, certifications, workshops and more.
Hybrid Work
We’ve adopted a hybrid workplace model where 2 days in office are recommended but not enforced. It’s up to you and your team to decide on the exact days you’ll spend working together in person.
Equal Opportunity
The Vinted Group is committed to building an inclusive workplace where people from all walks of life feel a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and life experiences. At Vinted, all applicants are treated fairly without regard to their race, age, religion or belief, sex, national origin, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
The salary range for this position is € 5,550 - € 7,500 gross per month.